Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-22
KICKS INNUMERABLE.
coyRLAINrs STILL POURING IN UPON THE
COMMERCE COMMISSION
From All Points Of the Compass Chicago, San Fran
cisco New York, Kansas Man Protest Yes
tsrday-RailrOads Who Want % Be
AbsOlYsd from the Fourth Section.

WASHINGTON, April 21.--C. NJ Wicker,
telegraphs on behalf of the Board ofTrade
and merchants Of Chicago announcing a
wish to be heard on the transcoutinentai
Question, and asking that the decision OF
the Commission be withheld until arrange
ments can be submitted.
The following telegram from San Fran
cisco was received by the Commission
"Defer action on Section 4 until the
receipt of memorials from Chamber Of
Commerce and leading merchants and
manufacturers of this city, mailed
YOU to-day. In them will be ie1Ahh
potent arg9gRRfS9yts arggR Sy 4. Garrett, President
Manufacturers Association of California,
and seven firms, forming q committe OF
the merchants aud manufacturers of San
Francisco.
Ralph NJ. Thatcher, miller, of Albany,
n. Y, said he had a contract for certain
favorable rates of transportation, under
which he had built an elevator. The
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company re-
fused to carry out the contract since the
Interstate Commerce law went into effect
and his business was at stand still. He
wanted an order directing the company to
fulfill its contract. Chas. II. Tweed, of
New York, addressed the commission in
behalf ofthe prayer of the Southern Pacific
r. r. for suspensian of the fourth section
of the law in its behalf.
A. r. Britton, attorney of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad read pc
tition setting forth that the road and its
connections were engaged in trans-contl-
mental traffic in an honest endeavOI to
comply with the law, it had put in opera
tion new schedules which, while they in
creased the through rates, largely reduced
the rates TO intermediate points. The av-
erage reductions were from five to thirty
per cent, according TO the class OF freight
carried. While this had not resulted IN
increasing the way traffic it had entirely
destroyed the through traffic.
VIM. w. Belknap, representing the st.
Louis and San Francisco road, presented q
| petition setting forth the circumstances
influencing that cOmpany's through traffic,
and asked that the fourth section OF the act
| be suspended.
Mr.. Taft presented a communication
| from Sutton & Co.'S dispatch line, setting
forth that the action of the trans-continen-
| tai roads towards the shipping interest via
Cane Horn has been of the most vicious
nature. They had exerted every effort TO
annihilate the shipping interests OF the
country. They had long haul traffic at
loss, which they must make up from
charges on the short haul traffic. The
writer's protested against the suspension OF
the long and short haul sections, unless
fair competing tariff shall be made that
will enable shippers of coarse goods to for
ward them by rail.
Mr.. Tweed gave notice that Judge Dill
lon, representing the Union Pacific, would
be here tomorrow.
SUGAR REFINERs.
DIR. J. +. Searles, Jr., of New York, rep
resenting the sugar relinerS of East, includ-
ing the St Louis refinery, entere,i pro-
test against the granting of the San Fran
cisco refners' petition. lie told the history
of the rise of the Hawaiian sugar trade,
bow the imports from the islands exceeded
the entire consumption ofthe Pacific coast.
Then TO make n market for this surplus the
importers entered into q combination with
the railroads, by means of which they
were enabled TO lay down this foreign
commodity, admitted duty free, at prices
with which eastern retinerS, who were
held to full rates of freight, could not COM
pete. The result has been the closing up
of the st, Louis refinery, which had cost
one and q half million of dollars. The
| railrnads had oiYen rates which ware less